Originally published: Australia : HarperCollins Publ., 2002

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-425) and index

pt. 1. Kabul -- The rug merchant of Kabul -- Elephant's foot -- A day in the countryside -- Happy fire -- pt. 2. The road to Balkh -- The red carpet -- Great game -- The mother of cities -- The Taliban cometh -- Across the Amu Darya -- pt. 3. Kandahar -- Habib is Habib -- Heroes and villains -- The lost tribe -- Capital punishment -- pt. 4. Peshawar -- Cruise control -- Khyber bazaar -- Violence by degree -- The siege of Attock Fort -- pt. 5. Baghdad -- Late for the war -- Tyranny, hypocrisy, bastardry and confusion -- The sheikh with one million camels -- Babylon -- pt. 6. Tajikistan -- Tragic Tajiks -- A warlord's holiday -- Children of Adam and Eve -- pt. 7. Kashmir -- Fire on the lake -- The Pashmina 'Conspiracy' -- An Afghan in Delhi -- The good shepherds -- pt. 8. The desert of Hell -- The gypsy Kilim -- Death of the Nomads -- A prayer for bad roads -- pt. 9. Esfahan -- Carpet nation -- Teahouse of the misfit moon -- The gates of paradise

Includes material on "Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics ..."--Page xi

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